Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Oldsmobile 88

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
19
NHTSA complaints
8
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

19 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection System
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • STEERING:HYDRAULIC Power Assist System
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    1
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:STARTER Assembly
    1
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:CRUISE Control
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
86V122000·SUSPENSION:REAR1986-08-28

THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT STUD TO KNUCKLE ATTACHMENT MAY HAVE BEEN INADEQUATELY TIGHTENED. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THIS COULD ALLOW THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT STUD TO LOOSEN AT THE KNUCKLE ATTACHMENT. A LOOSE BALL JOINT STUD COULD EVENTUALLY BREAK AND SEPARATE FROM THE KNUCKLE. SEPARATION COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

FixREPLACE AND TIGHTEN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT STUD NUTS.

NHTSA investigations

8 actions
EA90017·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1990-03-26 → 1991-04-22

BRAKE FAILURE

PE89171·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-09-26 → 1990-03-26

BRAKE FAILURE

EA89028·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-07-28 → 1990-07-27

REAR BRAKE PIN

PE89101·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-03-15 → 1989-07-28

REAR BRAKE PIN

PE89098·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1989-03-10 → 1989-05-17

ANTI LOCK BRAKES

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